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How to Be a Patient: The Essential Guide to Navigating the World of Modern Medicine

Goldberg, Sana · Harper Wave
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback

From registered nurse and public health advocate Sana Goldberg, RN, a timely, accessible, and comprehensive handbook to navigating common medical situations. From the routine to the unexpected, How to Be a Patient is your ultimate guide to better healthcare.Did you know that patients have...
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Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement

Karlgaard, Rich · Currency
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A groundbreaking exploration of what it means to be a late bloomer in a culture obsessed with SAT scores and early success, and how finding one's way later in life can be an advantage to long-term achievement and happiness.We live in a society where kids and parents are obsessed with...
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On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard

Pastiloff, Jennifer · Dutton
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

An inspirational memoir about how Jennifer Pastiloff's years of waitressing taught her to seek out unexpected beauty, how hearing loss taught her to listen fiercely, how being vulnerable allowed her to find love, and how imperfections can lead to a life full of wild happiness. Centered...
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Handbook for a Post-Roe America

Robin Marty · Seven Stories Press
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

The end of Roe v. Wade is coming. How will you prepare? Handbook for a Post-Roe America is a comprehensive and user-friendly manual for understanding and preparing for the looming changes to reproductive rights law, and getting the healthcare you need - by any means necessary. Activist...
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No One Man Should Have All That Power: How Rasputins Manipulate the World

Amos Barshad · Abrams Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

An exploration of infamous, controversial figures and how they exert control. Amos Barshad has long been fascinated by the powerful. But not by elected officials or natural leaders - he's interested in their scheming advisors, the dark figures who wield power in the shadows. And, as Barshad...
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The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine

Justin McElroy · Weldon Owen
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

A compelling, often hilarious and occasionally horrifying exploration of how modern medicine came to be! Wondering whether eating powdered mummies might be just the thing to cure your ills? Tempted by those vintage ads suggesting you wear radioactive underpants for virility? Ever considered...
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The Valedictorian of Being Dead: The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live

Heather B. Armstrong · Gallery Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author and blogger Heather B. Armstrong comes an honest and irreverent memoir - reminiscent of the New York Times bestseller Brain on Fire - about her experience as one of only a few people to participate in an experimental treatment for depression involving...
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Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come

Richard Preston · Random House
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

The 2013-2014 Ebola epidemic was the deadliest ever - but the outbreaks continue. Now comes a gripping account of the doctors and scientists fighting to protect us, an urgent wake-up call about the future of emerging viruses - from the #1 bestselling author of The Hot Zone, now a National...
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Three Women

Taddeo, Lisa · Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"Extraordinary ... A nonfiction literary masterpiece ... I can't remember the last time a book affected me as profoundly as Three Women." - Elizabeth Gilbert "Beautifully written ... This is one of the most riveting, assured, and scorchingly original debuts I've...
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A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death

BJ Miller · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover

The first ever practical, compassionate, and comprehensive guide to dying - and living fully until you do. "There is nothing wrong with you for dying," palliative care doctor B.J. Miller and Shoshana Berger write in A Beginner's Guide to the End. "Our ultimate purpose...
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